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UK interest rates will stay at historic lows for four more years as the economy struggles to return to normal growth levels, Citi has predicted.

Credit rating agency Fitch has downgraded Argentina and said the country would probably default on its debt obligations.

A Ratner moment, Skandia cost cuts and more taxes on the rich all made our top ten list of best read stories on the Investment Week website this week.

Moody's has stripped France of its AAA rating as Artemis' William Littlewood becomes the latest fund manager to turn more negative on the country.

Global credit ratings agency Moody's has warned the UK is at risk of losing its AAA status should the economy slide into a triple-dip recession.

Shares in Standard & Poor's parent group McGraw-Hill have slumped after an Australian court ruled S&P's AAA ratings misled investors during the financial crisis.

Standard & Poor's has cut Spain's credit rating by two notches to one level above junk status, warning the government's policy options are limited as economic recession deepens.

BlackRock's iShares has launched the first ETF to offer exposure to global AAA and AA rated government bond exposure.

London's leading share index is edging back up towards the 5,800 mark in early trading, recovering from a fall to a three-week low at the end of last week as Spanish bailout fears weighed on sentiment.

M&G's co-head of fixed income Jim Leaviss has warned the UK could face losing its AAA rating on 5 December, the day of the Autumn Statement, as the growing budget deficit could force George Osborne to abandon plans for fiscal consolidation.